Ph.D. Courses
SOCIAL RESEARCH AS A CRAFT 2012
From: 2012/02/01 To: 2012/03/14 Registration Deadline: 2012/01/18Lecturers: Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, Institut for Statskundskab, Syddansk Universitet, Odense Svend-Erik Skaaning, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
Responsible: Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, Institut for Statskundskab, Syddansk Universitet, Odense Svend-Erik Skaaning, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
This course is an invitation to PhD scholars who want to learn more about how to systematically tackle some of the issues pertaining to the craft of making good social science.
Immigration, diversity and populism
From: 2012/03/01 To: 2012/03/02 Registration Deadline: 2012/02/10Lecturers: Dr. Markus M. L. Crepaz from University of Georgia will do a presentation (Title + abstract TBA) Dr. Polit. Anniken Hagelund from The Institute for Social Research (ISF) in Oslo will make a presentation (Title + abstract TBA). Professor Christian Albrekt Larsen from Aalborg University will do a presentation on ”Ethnic heterogeniety and public support for welfare policy. Experiences from the US, UK, Sweden and Denmark”.
Responsible: Martin Jørgensen, martinjo@cgs.aau.dk
We hear almost on a daily basis that the welfare states are threatened. This is conveyed by politicians, newspapers, part of the academic community. Trust and social cohesion is being eroded it is being said. Immigration and policies of multiculturalism have been identified as part of the problem. This workshop looks further into these welfare-migration-multiculturalism debates and discusses how this has impact on and relation to policy debates and populist responses and mobilization.
The workshop welcomes all proposals for papers discussing the general framework as well as aspects of this.
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Why Do Social Research? A Personal Answer
From: 2012/03/14 To: 2012/03/14 Registration Deadline: 2012/03/01Lecturers: Keith Tester
Responsible: Michael Hviid Jacobsen, mhj@socsci.aau.dk og Anders Petersen, apt@socsci.aau.dk
I anledning af sin deltagelse i Liquid Modernity-konferencen i Aalborg i marts afholder professor i sociologi, Keith Tester fra University of Hull (UK), en ph.d.-workshop onsdag den 14. marts 2012 kl. 9-12 med titlen: "Why Do Social Research? A Personal Answer".
Først vil Tester holde et oplæg på 45 minutter, hvorefter der vil blive kommenteret på ph.d.-oplæg. Det forventes, at oplægget varer ca. 10 minutter og at der herefter er afsat 20 minutter til diskussion og kommentarer.
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CASEUDVÆLGELSE OG INDSAMLING AF KVALITATIVT MATERIALE 2012
From: 2012/03/20 To: 2012/04/24 Registration Deadline: 2012/03/07Lecturers: Jørgen Elklit og Rasmus Brun Pedersen Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
Responsible: Jørgen Elklit og Rasmus Brun Pedersen Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
Analyser af et begrænset antal cases er en vigtig del af statskundskaben, og i den forbindelse er udvælgelsen af cases helt central. Formålet med kurset er således for det første at præsentere forskellige teknikker til brug ved caseudvælgelse.
Applied quantitiative metodes using STATA
From: 2012/03/26 To: 2012/03/30 Registration Deadline: 2012/01/22Lecturers: Yosef Bhatti, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Professor Ben Highton, UC Davis will be running the course.
Responsible: Yosef Bhatti, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Professor Ben Highton, UC Davis will be running the course.
The aims of the course are (a) To increase the participants' ability to conduct applied quantitative research (b) To increase the participants' knowledge of Stata (c) To give the students an opportunity to discuss their research with an experienced international scholar.
To accomplish our aims, each class will have several components including (a) lectures that introduce new material, (b) lab sessions that provide students opportunities to practice the methods from lectures, (c) discussion of journal articles that employ multivariate analysis, and (d) student presentations of their own research.
The course will be held over 5 days at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. There will be teaching 6 hours per day.
KVANTITATIV METODE 2012
From: 2012/04/26 To: 2012/06/07 Registration Deadline: 2011/04/11Lecturers: Robert Klemmensen, Institut for Statskundskab, Syddansk Universitet Michael Bang Petersen, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
Responsible: Robert Klemmensen, Institut for Statskundskab, Syddansk Universitet Michael Bang Petersen, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
FORMÅL
Færdigheder inden for dataindsamling og dataanalyse efterspørges både inden for og uden for forskningsverdenen. Dette seminar giver en videregående og uddybende behandling af kvantitativ metode til brug for analyser af politologiske problemstillinger. Seminaret er både relevant for overbygningsstuderende og ph.d. stipendiater.
Public Management: Theories and Contemporary studies
From: 2012/05/21 To: 2012/05/25 Registration Deadline: 2012/03/25Lecturers: Prof. Jenny Lewis, Roskilde University. Prof. emeritus Janet Newman, Open University, UK. Prof. Colin Talbot, Manchester Business School. Prof. Kjell Arne Rövik, Tromsø University. Prof. Carsten Greve, Copenhagen Business School. Associate Professor Dorthe Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School. Prof. Jørgen Grønnegaard-Christensen, Aarhus University. Associate Professor Karl Löfgren, Roskilde University. Associate Professor Patrik Hall, Malmö Högskola, Peter Triantifillou, Roskilde University.
Responsible: Associate Professor Karl Löfgren, Roskilde University, Associate Professor Patrik Hall, Malmö Högskola
This course gives an overview to the current state on the academic debate on Modern Public Management in a global perspective. The course is relevant for all PhD students who are interested in the global discussion on changes and reforms of public management and policy across different disciplines and research paradigms. The participants will encounter both classical as cutting-edge voices on how public management has evolved since the 1980s, and will mix both empirical and theoretical approaches on how to study these changes. By the end of the course the participants will have achieved a better understanding of the both the conceptual/theoretical as well as the empirical elements of the notion.
Polforsk summer school - stream 1: Political Behaviour
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23 Registration Deadline: 2012/04/20Lecturers: Rune Stubager (Associate Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University) and Kasper M. Hansen (Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen) Keynote: Michael Lewis-Beck.
Responsible: Rune Stubager (Associate Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University) and Kasper M. Hansen (Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen)
The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with an overview of core strands of research within the literature on political behaviour.
Polforsk summer school - stream 3: Public Policy: Explaining policy change
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23 Registration Deadline: 2012/04/20Lecturers: Michael Baggesen-Klitgaard (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Southern Denmark) and Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University). Prof. Dr. Ellen M. Immergut- Patrick Marier
Responsible: Michael Baggesen-Klitgaard (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Southern Denmark) and Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University)
The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss theories dealing with questions about change and stability of public policy.
Polforsk summer school - stream 4: Public Administration: Organising the public sector
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23 Registration Deadline: 2012/04/20Lecturers: Bente Bjørnholt (AAU) & Bodil Damgaard (RUC). Carsten Greve (CBS). Michell Dean, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Responsible: Bente Bjørnholt (AAU) & Bodil Damgaard (RUC)
The aim of the stream is to provide empirical and theoretical knowledge about changing modes of governance and management and we are interested in conceptualising and explaining the appearance and consequences of these modes.
Polforsk summer school - stream 5: Political Theory: Political Ethics and Real Politics
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23 Registration Deadline: 2012/04/20Lecturers: Anders Berg-Sørensen (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen) and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University). Jeffrey E. Green, Assistant Professor in Political Theory, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania. Eva Erman, Associate Professor in Political Theory, Department of Political Science, University of Uppsala.
Responsible: Anders Berg-Sørensen (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen) and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University)
The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss actual political theories dealing with the question how political ethics and normative political theory can contribute to the analyses of or relevant to political reality.
Polforsk summer school - stream 2: The International Relations (IR)
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23 Registration Deadline: 2012/04/20Lecturers: Senior Researcher Rens van Munster (DIIS) and Professor Lene Hansen (KU) Guest lecturer: Professor Michael C. Williams, University of Ottawa. Michael C. Williams is Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. His research interests are in International Relations theory, security studies, and political thought. His most recent book (with Rita Abrahamsen) is Security Beyond the State: Private Security in International Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2011). His previous publications include The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and Culture and Security: Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security (Routledge, 2007) and he is the editor of several books, including most recently, Realism Reconsidered: The Legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2007). His articles have appeared in the most prestigious journals in the field of International Relations including the European Journal of International Relations, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Millennium, and the Review of International Studies. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, he was Professor of International Politics in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth, and has been a visiting fellow at the Universities of Cape Town, Copenhagen, and the European University Institute in Florence. Michael C. Williams is widely recognized as one of the leading theorists in International Relations and he will give two guest lectures “The End of Theory in IR?” (based on his contribution to a special issue of the European Journal of International Relations on the same theme) and “The Study of Classics in IR – why IR Theorists Return to the Past”. Michael C. Williams participates on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Responsible: Senior Researcher Rens van Munster (DIIS) and Professor Lene Hansen (KU)
The thematic focus of the IR Track of the POLFORSK Summer School 2012 is on these recent interventions and the history of IR to which they speak. This focus opens up for discussions of what makes IR theories, how research should be conducted, and what factors drive a discipline like IR forward (or not).
Quantitative Methods for Causal Inference
From: 2012/10/24 To: 2012/10/27 Registration Deadline: 2012/08/24Lecturers: The course is taught by Professor Thad Dunning, Yale University. Professor Dunning has contributed widely to the literature on Causal Inference and is among the leading scholars in the field.
Responsible: Robert Klemmesen
This course focuses on the use and analysis of research designs such as field and natural experiments in the social sciences. It teaches quantitative tools for both experimental and observational studies, including matching and instrumental-variables regression, and introduces students to the analysis of regression-discontinuity designs. The merger of quantitative and qualitative methods will also be discussed. No more than 40 students are admitted to the course. STATA and R is the software that is used in this course.